IP Library Granted Patent US 12,444,965
Granted Patent B2
US 12,444,965 · App. 17/873,951 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Power supply system using a three-input amplifier to control chargings of a battery and an operation of a regulator

Inventor: Manabu Ishida (Miyagi, JP)
Assignee: WILL SEMICONDUCTOR (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.
H02J7/00712H02J2207/20
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,444,965
App. No.
17/873,951
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power supply system includes a regulator, outputting a system voltage; a load, receiving the system voltage to operate; a battery, charged by the system voltage; a charging transistor, receiving the system voltage and controlling a charging current to the battery; and a three-input amplifier, in which three factors including a charging current detection value, a reference charging current, and a reference limit current determined according to a difference between the system voltage and a minimum system voltage are input, and which obtains an output corresponding to a difference between the reference charging current and the charging current detection value when the reference charging current is equal to or less than the reference limit current, and obtains an output corresponding to a difference between the reference limit current and the charging current detection value when the reference charging current exceeds the reference limit current.

Claims (10)

1. A power supply system, comprising:

a regulator, outputting a system voltage;

a load, receiving the system voltage to operate;

a battery, charged by the system voltage;

a charging transistor, receiving the system voltage and controlling a charging current to the battery;

a reference voltage circuit, outputting a reference charging current signal and a minimum system voltage signal; and

a three-input amplifier, in which three factors including a charging current detection value, the reference charging current signal, and a reference limit current signal determined according to a difference between a system voltage signal and the minimum system voltage signal are input, and which obtains an output corresponding to a difference between the reference charging current signal and the charging current detection value when the reference charging current signal is equal to or less than the reference limit current signal, and obtains an output corresponding to a difference between the reference limit current signal and the charging current detection value when the reference charging current signal exceeds the reference limit current signal, wherein

a current of the charging transistor is controlled by the output of the three-input amplifier.

2. The power supply system according to claim 1 , wherein

the output of the three-input amplifier is supplied to the regulator, and an operation of the regulator is controlled by the output of the three-input amplifier.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2022
From: ISHIDA, MANABU
To: WILL SEMICONDUCTOR (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 061180/0396 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210691586.5 · Jun 17, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230411984A1 · Dec 21, 2023
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